Two of the three newly discovered plumes were in the southern polar region but one was in the moon's equatorial region.

This process indicates that some energy may be lost from the equatorial region and transported to the poleward region.

The packing arrangement in solid shows that the fluorine atoms of neighbouring molecules avoid the equatorial region of each molecule.

The equatorial region has a faster velocity rotation than the polar zones.

Meteorologists were also trying to find a pattern in the heavy rains that have hit equatorial regions and the southern hemisphere in the past week.